Job summary
- Main area
- Chaplaincy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 284-25-7039651-COFM
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- BWCH
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Chaplaincy Manager and Spiritual Care Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.ÌýÌý
Job overview
To lead the specialist chaplaincy service for the Trust. The chaplaincy lead will work with the other Chaplains and Chaplaincy team to provide support to patients, relatives, staff and students with their religious, spiritual and or pastoral needs within the hospital. Our goal is to offer a distinctive service in personal support, listening, encouragement, prayer, as requested or needed in our hospital context of suffering, care, healing, change, loss and bereavement. Our strap line is ‘lifting and soothing spirits’.
Main duties of the job
To lead, manage and develop the provision of Religious, Spiritual and Pastoral care to all patients, staff and families/carers across the Trust.
To manage the Trust’s Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care service resources.
To manage and develop the BWC Chaplaincy bereavement Pathway.
To Manage and develop the Celebrate Project and Spiritual Play
To work with other lead Allied Health Professionals and other professional leads to promote religious and spiritual care for patients, carers and the Trust.
Promote the inclusion of patients, families/carers and staff.
To provide a direct Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care service to patients, families and staff with complex and end of life needs including on call provision
To take a Trust wide role in supporting the development of staff wellbeing and support, promotion of organisational values, promotion and monitoring of equalities and human rights, mediation and management of bereavement services
To increase awareness and understanding of the needs of people suffering perinatal and paediatric ill health with representatives of local faith communities.
To take a regional and national lead in developing perinatal and pediatric informed spiritual care for the benefit of patient care
To conduct and supervise audits, and to develop and evaluate new spiritual care programmes. To participate in relevant research as required
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be accountable for financial responsibility for the service and its service development
To be responsible for authorising timesheets and expenses for spiritual and pastoral care staff and volunteers.
To be responsible for ordering resources to support service delivery
Hold a delegated budget for the Chaplaincy service
Provide expert education and training for staff at all levels across the Trust with regards to the best possible standards in spiritual care.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum of Degree or equivalent in Chaplaincy, Theology, Religious Studies or other relevant field
- Post graduate certificate in Healthcare Chaplaincy or equivalent.
- High standard of literacy – ability to speak, present and write with clarity
- Eligible for Registration with UKBHC
Desirable criteria
- Masters Degree in Chaplaincy, Theology, Religious Studies or other relevant field
Knowledge and Nature of Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant min 5 years pastoral experience since initial training
- Relevant healthcare chaplaincy experience
- Extensive knowledge of religious or spiritual needs issues in health care
- Experience of working in multi-faith context
- Demonstrable team-working experience: being willing to work constructively with other denominations, faiths, beliefs and hospital departments
- Experience of working with families, children and young people
- Experience of ecumenical and multi faith and belief cooperation
- Understanding of healthcare issues and faith
- Understand the issues in religious, spiritual, and pastoral care in perinatal and paediatric settings
- Experience of supporting staff and volunteers
- Understanding of the effects of illness and bereavement
- Understanding of the difference between religious, spiritual and pastoral needs and care
- Understanding of the effects of illness and bereavement with families and staff
- Current line management experience
- Organising large scale events
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of major world faiths and world views.
- Knowledge of the potential effects on a family with a sick child and in loss /bereavement of a child
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess religious, spiritual and or pastoral needs
- Ability to use an appropriate assessment tool
- Ability to make appropriate intervention form assessment
- Able to prioritise and set aside work to manage more urgent situations where needed
- Able to assess and intervene, refer if in appropriate behaviour or games are being played.
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to work effectively in an environment with unpredictable work pressures
- Able to provide information to external organisations or professional groups about chaplaincy and spiritual care
- Ability to prioritise own and others workload
- Ability to reflect theologically on aspects of illness including ethical implications and dimensions of health care Proven attention to detail
- Understand the issues, barriers and solutions in religious, spiritual, and pastoral care in perinatal and paediatric settings
- Knowledge of the issues and solutions in the supporting team members in their complex roles
- Able to work using own initiative and autonomously without direct supervision
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and application of the distinctiveness of perinatal and paediatric chaplaincy
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to assimilate new information quickly
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive information with patients, relatives, external organisations and members of staff
- Ability to assimilate new information quickly
- Ability to deal with conflicting demands and ensure deadlines are met using prioritisation
- Ability to recognise the needs of individuals in potential stressful and challenging environment
- Able to work with people with additional or complex needs
- Committed to awareness of issues of equality and cultural diversity
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to supervise others
- Ability to be a part of the BWC 24:7 on call team and be able to be at every site within 1 hour (Christian roles only)
- IT literate with standard keyboard skills
- Ability to differentiate between religious, spiritual and pastoral needs and be respond accordingly and safely.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to develop bespoke resources for patients, families and staff
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service, including evenings and weekends to support events
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Powell
- Job title
- Associate Director of Nursing & Quality
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital
- Telephone
- 07833341517
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